August 27: This Day in TV History

[Stanislav]

Just a few random TV related events that happened on August 27. Discuss or comment as you please……

1916: Actress, singer, and denture wearer Martha Raye (The Bugaloos) is born (as Margy Reed) in Butte, Montana.

1920: Game show producer Bob Stewart (To Tell the Truth, Password, The Price Is Right, The $10,000 Pyramid, et. al.) is born (as Robert Steinberg) in Brooklyn, New York.

1930: W9XAP, the experimental television station of radio station WMAQ, owned by the Chicago Daily News, presents its first official telecast, broadcasting on 2150 kHz. Receivers were distributed to stores in the Chicago area, including Sears Roebuck where large crowds assembled to see and hear WMAQ artists perform on TV.

1952: Actor, comedian, and convicted monkey spanker Paul Reubens (Pee-wee's Playhouse) is born in Peekskill, New York.

1965: WTVI (channel 42) begins broadcasting in Charlotte, North Carolina. It remains to this day the only PBS station in the state that is not operated by UNC-TV.

1969: Actress Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy) is born in Houston, Texas.

1992: Martin premieres on Fox.

1996: Actor Greg Morris (Mission: Impossible) dies of brain cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 62.

1997: Former NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff dies of Hodgkin’s Disease in Los Angeles, aged 48.

2004: Longtime local L.A. TV news anchor/reporter Larry McCormick dies, aged 71. He was one of the first African-American news anchors in the country, beginning in 1969 on KCOP-TV. Not long afterwards, he moved to KTLA, where he spent the remainder of his career.

(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)

 

[Corky Marlowe]

2004: Longtime local L.A. TV news anchor/reporter Larry McCormick dies, aged 71. He was one of the first African-American news anchors in the country, beginning in 1969 on KCOP-TV. Not long afterwards, he moved to KTLA, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Before moving to TV, he was part of KFWB's airstaff near the end of that station's top 40 run. From what I hear, he was also behind quite a bit of vital charity work in LA.

 

[RicoGregg]

1916: Actress, singer, and denture wearer Martha Raye (The Bugaloos) is born (as Margy Reed) in Butte, Montana.

"Colonel Maggie" was quite possibly one of the most incredible women who ever lived. This link can explain it much better than I ever could:

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Raye

2004: Longtime local L.A. TV news anchor/reporter Larry McCormick dies, aged 71. He was one of the first African-American news anchors in the country, beginning in 1969 on KCOP-TV. Not long afterwards, he moved to KTLA, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Before moving to TV, he was part of KFWB's airstaff near the end of that station's top 40 run. From what I hear, he was also behind quite a bit of vital charity work in LA.

Corky Marlowe is quite right. I only casually knew Larry McCormick, but he really was a good guy both on and off the air. He was always giving something back to the community.

Somewhere, I have an old KFWB Color Radio survey that has a picture of a young Larry McCormick in the studio with a couple of other DJs. I always meant to show it to him, but knowing him like I did, it probably (in a nice way) wouldn't have been a big deal to him.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

 

[radioman148]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

She was quite a beauty.

 

[mleach]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

She was quite a beauty.

Interesting thing about Tuesday Weld..from what I remember reading some years back she doesn't "claim" to had done Dobie Gillis. Another one was Warren Beatty. Back in the 80s I can remember watching Dwayne Hickman on Entertainment Tonight telling a story about the time when he was at a party only to bump into Warren Beatty..he mentioned about Warren's time on Dobie Gillis only to get the remark by Beatty "..I have NEVER done televsion !!". And Beatty was serious !!!

Kinda odd for someone to make such a claim such as that they had never done TV when there is proof out there that says otherwise.

 

[radioman148]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

She was quite a beauty.

Interesting thing about Tuesday Weld..from what I remember reading some years back she doesn't "claim" to had done Dobie Gillis. Another one was Warren Beatty. Back in the 80s I can remember watching Dwayne Hickman on Entertainment Tonight telling a story about the time when he was at a party only to bump into Warren Beatty..he mentioned about Warren's time on Dobie Gillis only to get the remark by Beatty "..I have NEVER done televsion !!". And Beatty was serious !!!

Kinda odd for someone to make such a claim such as that they had never done TV when there is proof out there that says otherwise.

I assume Tuesday Weld was being sarcastic because she was in a whole lot of Dobie shows. Warren Beatty probably just doesn't want to acknowledge it. Ryan O'Neill was also in it.

 

[therealjm12]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

Plus on the TV show "The Odd Couple" she was the object of Oscar Madison's affection. His fantasy was, they would be the last two survivors after a nuclear war.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.

 

[radioman148]

1943: Actress Tuesday Weld is born Susan Ker Weld in NYC. The renowned actress's credits include TV appearances (including guest starring roles) on series including "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Mr. Broadway," as well as made-for-TV movies including "Something in Common" (1986), and "The Winter of Our Discontent" (1983).

Plus on the TV show "The Odd Couple" she was the object of Oscar Madison's affection. His fantasy was, they would be the last two survivors after a nuclear war.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.

I don't remember her on Ozzie & Harriet.
You could've done much worse in those days than be stranded with Tuesday Weld

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

1941: Actor Harrison Page ("Sledge Hammer!") is born in Atlanta, GA.